The origin of everything
a Ye’kwana theory on the creation of the world
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35699/2316-770X.2015.2744Keywords:
Amerindian narratives, Modes of apprenticeship, SociocosmologiesAbstract
This article is the result of the encounter between an anthropologist who conducts research with the Ye’kwana, whose traditional territory is situated in the region that extends from the brazilian amazon forest to the south of Venezuela, and one of their experts, an intelectual versed on the chants and narratives that composes part of Ye’kwana unique knowledge. We present here the narrative about the origins of cosmos, punctuated by comments and reflections of both the researcher as his master.
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